Comparison

Keyb vs Raven

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Keyb

Boost your typing efficiency with a custom keyboard that allows you to save and reuse text snippets. Enhance your messages with dynamic placeholders for clipboard content, dates, and location. Seamlessly integrate across all your apps for consistent productivity.

Highlights
  • Reusable text snippets
  • Dynamic snippets with placeholders
  • Clipboard integration (Pro)
  • Text transformation
  • Cross-app compatibility
  • Unlimited categories/snippets (Pro)
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Keyb is your productivity keyboard! ### Save time with reusable snippets ### Save time by using predefined text snippets for common phrases you frequently type, such as email replies, greetings, code templates, or personal information. Organize these snippets into categories for easy access. ### Dynamic snippets with placeholders ### Enhance your snippets with placeholders that automatically insert: - Text from the clipboard - Text selected in a text field - Current date and time - Current location (as coordinates, address, or URL) - Transform text in a text field (uppercase, lowercase, capitalize) - … and more! ### Seamless integration across all apps ### Switch to the Keyb keyboard and paste your snippets into any text field in any app, boosting productivity across all your iOS applications. ### Permissions Required for Extended Features ### Some features require enabling "Full Access" for the keyboard extension in system settings.

About

Raven

This app allows you to quickly open and write markdown notes as plain .md files. It offers fast launch times, native performance on iPhone and Mac, and seamless syncing between devices. Your notes are stored directly in your file system for easy access and integration with other tools.

Highlights
  • Plain .md file storage
  • Under a second launch time
  • Native iPhone and Mac app
  • Full-text search
  • Nested folders and pinned notes
  • Syncs between Mac and iPhone
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Beautiful notes. Never locked in. Raven is a native Markdown notes app for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Write, journal, capture articles, and turn checkboxes into reminders—without putting your work in a proprietary note format. WRITE WITH CONTEXT Create notes with tables, images, checklists, code blocks, wiki links, and backlinks. Organize them with folders and tags, pin what matters, and find anything with full-text search. TURN NOTES INTO ACTION A checkbox can become a task with a due date and time. Raven gathers open tasks from across your notes, keeps each one linked to its source, and can send a local reminder when it is due. Complete or snooze it from the notification. JOURNAL WITHOUT ANOTHER SILO Daily and weekly journals live beside the rest of your writing. Save articles to Read Later, or capture a thought from widgets, Shortcuts, and the share sheet. MARKDOWN YOU CAN KEEP Raven works offline without an account. Keep notes on this device, choose a folder on Mac, or use iCloud Drive to keep the same Markdown files available in Files and Finder across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. No proprietary note format. No forced account. One purchase, with no subscription.

Screenshots

Keyb4 screens
Raven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Keyb at $3.99 against Raven's $12.99. Keyb also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). Raven's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and review sentiment (75% vs 50%). On rating, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Keyb costs $3.99 and Raven $12.99 up front. Keyb sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Raven asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Keyb against 5.0 for Raven. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Keyb's written reviews are positive against 75% of Raven's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keyb ships an update weekly, Raven every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
Keyb versus Raven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeybRaven
Price$3.99 — better$12.99
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#198 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristian LobachThomas Sivilay

Customer experience

Keyb

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Raven

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Keyb

Subscriptions2
  • Keyb Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Keyb Pro Yearly3 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Keyb Pro Lifetime$59.99
None

Raven

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Keyb free?
Keyb costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Raven free?
Raven costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Keyb or Raven?
Keyb and Raven are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Keyb or Raven have ads?
Neither Keyb nor Raven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keyb or Raven?
Keyb ships an update weekly, and Raven every 2 days. Most recently, Keyb was updated on October 7, 2026 and Raven on October 6, 2026.

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